document.write( "Question 370568: A canoeist can row 12 kph in still water. If he rows downstream for five hours when the current is x kph, how far does he travel?\r
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Distance = r*t
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document.write( "rowing downstream (with the current) for five hours. Speed =(12kph + xkph)
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document.write( "Distance =(12k/hr + xk/hr)*5hr\r
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document.write( "Knowing the speed of the current(k/hr), we would know 'exactly' how far  he traveled.  
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document.write( "For example: if the speed of the current was 3k/hr: speed would be (12+3)kph
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document.write( "Distance = 15k/hr*5hr = 75k              \r
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document.write( "(kilometer ~ .62 mi) \r
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